Cancer side effects.

This year, my Grandmother and my Mother, were both diagnosed with cancer within a couple months of each other. Grandma, multiple myeloma. Mom, throat cancer. My brothers dog died of throat cancer. My other brother's ex girlfriend was diagnosed with breast cancer. Last week, my husband got diagnosed with a basal cell carcinoma which is the most common form of skin cancer (it will be treated with surgery in January.Thank God.) Sharing this news with a girlfriend on the phone, she told me her sister was diagnosed with a basal cell about two weeks ago. Cancer, cancer, cancer. It has left my head and world spinning.

All of this has had me thinking about HEALTH. LIFE. ENERGY. GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY. It has also had me asking about our medical system, the food we eat, and the products we buy.

These have been my side effects. These questions have started to drastically change my life.

Would you like to know about natural products? How about where to buy naturally healthy food? Are you interested in natural methods of staying healthy and healing? Do you already know about this and have things to share?

As I start to implement the things I have been learning about, I will begin to share them here with you. I do not ever post or recommend anything that I have not tried personally. If you are someone experienced in natural products, healthy living, etc. Please share. I am very interested in hearing from you.

Until then, cheers to healthy, energetic, lasting lives. May we all enjoy that. Every day.

Tee-riffic: Buzzin with ideas!

2:22 am, can't believe I'm up like this! Energetic even though an occasional yawn escapes my lips. Tons of ideas swirling around in my head. Some on paper, some I have started to implement. Things are buzzin'! I'm buzzin'!!! I wonder who is out there right now feeling just like me. What do you do when you're bursting with ideas? 

Sometimes family, relationships, responsibilities, weigh us down. I know there have been times my idea well has seem to run dry and then there are times the ideas are gushing out of me. I think I feel like this now because I have been changing a lot and continue to change a lot in my life. In the past seven months I have had changes spanning where I live, what I do, what I eat, how I spend and budget my money, what I wear, and who I have surrounding me. I am certain this has a lot to do with what is now coming to me. What do you think? Ever experience anything like this before?

I personally am happy at all of this new-ness. Some of the things I am doing to welcome it are:

Immediately acting on opportunities.
Continually embracing things with excitement.
Expressing gratitude.
Allowing myself to capture whatever might come at me next. I keep my iPhone right next to me while I sleep on my nightstand. In my nightstand? I have a pen along with a couple of journals. You never know when you'll need to write down an idea, thought, or dream.. :)

Although I can't speak on all the "new" I have up my sleeve, here are a couple photos of some little ways I've newed up my style:

I felt super fancy in this hat I got for less than $20. Bonus on the super sun protection. :)

This mani I put together myself yesterday. Had fun & love the results.

I hope to hear what's new with you whether you are in a surplus or just hoping to get the juices flowing. Cheers to fun, new, prosperous ventures for all of us.  xo

29 Gifts, Day 21

Hi friends, here is my shortest post yet. Thanks for reading, xo


29 Gifts, Day 21June 14, 2011 at 8:31pm


Hi y'all! :D


Today my gives were simple so this shall be my shortest post yet. Here's what I gave:


I allowed every driver & pedestrian a path in front of me. People needing to turn, get in the lane, etc.. I had 2 bad cut offs one which gave me a moment of anger but I kept the give in mind and that agitation was immediately released. 

I set up Carriage Hope (the charity I now work with regularly) with credit card processing. They have a thrift shop and were cash only before. Hopefully this improves their monetary intake.

At a callback audition I immediately gave some girls a rubber band to tie back their hair. Even though my hair is short I sometimes wear the black ouchless bands like bracelets so when they found themselves in the dilemma I immediately just handed some bands over. 

Lastly, I sent out some thank you cards to casting directors. I am really grateful for these two commercials I just booked and I wanted to let them know how much I appreciate it. 

Anyway, that's my day!! Love and light to all of you, I gotta run cause I'm super hungry. I'm off to make some eggs and veggies! Goodnight.